Perceptions of dyspnea and helpful interventions during the advanced stage of lung cancer: Chinese patients' perspectives

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Lai, Y L ^a   Chan, Carmen W H ^b   Lopez, Violeta ^b,c  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced lung cancer; Chinese; Dyspnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER STAGING; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 34147186879     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000265011.17806.07     Document Type: Article

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